Selected quad for the lemma: truth_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
truth_n	darkness_n	light_n	walk_v	4,073	5	8.1342	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91118	A testimony of God, and his way, and worship against all the false wayes and worships of the vvorld. Also an answer to some of the false doctrines held forth, by a professed minister, in VVales; shewing the unsoundness of his former actions, and is found to be one, in the nature of the vvorld; which sometime he hath spoken against. With an answer to some queries; propounded by one, who is called an Anabaptist. / Given forth for no other end, but in love to the truth, as it is in Iesus: by Alex: Parker.	Parker, Alexander, 1628-1689.	1656 (1656)	Wing P383; Thomason E883_6; ESTC R207301	24,030	31

hath given the light is the heart purified and the conscience purged from dead works and so the devils works comes to be destroyed for for this purpose was the Son of God made manifest that he might destroy the works of the devill and the works of the devil are in the heart for in the time of the night the devil the enemy of man he hath wrought his works in the heart of man and so hath wrought and begotten him into his image to do his work and so man becomes a servant to the devil bringing forth fruits of unrighteousnesse and this is all done in the heart the devil having gotten possession and sits and rules as King in the heart of man and there is the ground of all sin it a riseth out of the heart which is deceitful and desperately wicked from thence ariseth pride envy wrath malice murders drunkennesse lying swearing adultery fornication covetousness persecution tiranny and oppression and all other evills whatsoever they have their ground and rise from with in out of the heart for there is no man tempted of God but every man when he is tempted he is drawn a way of his own lust for lust is conceived in the heart and after it is conceived it brings forth sin and sin being finished brings forth death and the wayes of sin is death and while sin lodgeth and is regarded in the heart it defiles the heart and separates from God and all the prayers and sacrifices that are offered up unto God from an impure heart are abomination to him all outward shewes and outward cleansing will not avail nor bring peace as long as the ground and root of sin remains within for it is the heart which the Lord requires as it is written my Son give me thy heart so it is an inward work that every one must know and witnesse if ever you know true peace and rest for as the devils work is within in the heart and defiles the heart so must the work of Christ be within likewise for the destroying of the devils works and for the purifying of the heart for this is the mistery which hath been hid and is hid from all wisedom of the flesh and from all vultrous eyes and venomous beasts and reveiled to the Babes and Lambs of God who have laid down their Crowns at the feet of the Lamb and have denied themselves and the pomp and glory of this world and do bear the dayly Cross and despised the shame and do love and walk in the light which the world hates and thereby are led out of darknesse and the ungodly practises which the world lives in into righteousness and peace to exercise a good conscience towards God and towards man and this must every one own if ever they own the living God or a pure conscience where the Mistery of faith is held they must own this light to guide them in the exercise of their consciences for this light is the eye whereby a man comes to see himself and the root and ground of sin and untill man comes to own this light he never comes truly so see himself and so is far from denying self for first a man must see himself before he can deny himself and the light it is that let a man see his sin and that he is driven from God and out of union with God because of his sin and it is sin that separate from God and breaks the peace with God for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God all have gone astray we our selves even as others and have been wandring as Sheep without a Shepherd but the Lord of Hosts is risen and hath sent forth his Son even Jesus Christ the true Shepherd who is gathering his Sheep into the fold where they shall lye down in peace and none shall make them afraid and if the Son make you free then are you free indeed but no freedom there is but only by him whose bloud washeth and cleanseth from all sin and whereas it is sai● If we say that we have no sin we deceive our selves and the truth is not in us This was spoken to a condition before confession as is plain to the Children of Light for saith he if we confesse our sins he is faithfull and just to forgive our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness he doth not say from part but from all and this they witnessed who were in the light and hath fellowship with the Father and the Son as is written God is light and in him is no darkness at all he that saith he hath fellowship with God and walks in darkness is a liar and doth not the truth But if we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship one with another and the bloud of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin and him wee witnesse even Jesus Christ the everlasting Covenant of God who makes free to the utmost all that come unto God by him and wee testify against all those that oppose the pure doctrine of Christ Jesus and sayes none can be fully cleansed from sin while they live upon the earth and so would make the bloud of Christ of none effect which whosoever walketh and abideth in the light of Christ his bloud cleanseth from all sin for whosoever abides in him sins not he that sinneth hath not seen him neither known him and this the Scripture declareth and I bear testimony and set to my seal that it is true for he that doth righteousness is righteous even as he is righteous and hee that commits sin is of the devill for the devil sinneth from the beginning but whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin for his seed remaines in him and he cannot sin because he is born of God and in this are the Children of God made manifest and the children of the d●vil 1 Joh. 3. c. He that is born of God is the Son of God and the Son of God doth not commit sin and except a man be born again he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God for the first man is of the earth earthly and minds earthly things his joy and treasure is there in things that are below delighting in the visible things his heart is there his care and labour is for the things of this life what to eat what to drink what to put on how to become great in the earth and by his earthly wisedom which is from below which is sensual and devilish he is plotting contriving to get great possessions and to compaste the earth to get himself a name in the earth but cannot be satisfied when he hath compassed one piece of ground which he coveted after presently the lust runs out again and covets more but is never satisfied and in this state man is an enemy to God and the thoughts of his heart are evill and that continually and notwithstanding many times a true sense and